Palm oil it is for S. Korea’s Enertec

South Korean biodiesel producer Enertec Co Ltd said it will continue with its plans to use palm oil as feedstock for its biodiesel plant despite its Government’s encouragement for farmers to produce more rapeseed for use in biodiesel production.“We find palm biodiesel the only green fuel that can really be considered sustainable. It is important […]

China keen on boosting energy ties with Gulf states

China is committed to improving the mechanism of energy dialogue with the GCC countries and explore new ways and modalities for energy co-operation, the ‘Enriching the Middle East’s Economic Future Conference’ was told yesterday. “We will work with GCC countries to further facilitate dialogue and exchanges between energy producers and consumers to increase mutual understanding, […]

Condoleezza Rice – Ensuring a Sound Energy Future

Ensuring a Sound Energy Future: Remarks With German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner Secretary Rice: Ensuring a sound energy future is one of the most critical challenges facing the world today. One of the most unexpected, indeed, disconcerting developments of recent years has been […]

EU trying to solve renewable-energy ‘headache’

The European Commission is currently working on a methodology to calculate precisely how much each member state will take up of the 20% overall renewable “burden”, EU officials said on 16 March 2007. A proposal for a comprehensive directive on renewable energies is due in the third quarter with the toughest part of negotiations set […]

Cyprus, oil and the West

Actually, oil is at the very root of the conflicts continuing in Afghanistan, Iraq and Cyprus. The increasing geo-strategic importance of Turkey’s southern provinces such as İskenderun and Mersin should be considered, as well. The EU and the United States have attempted to establish their control over oil and gas reserves and energy lines by […]

Ottawa could break oil sands’ back: Syncrude

Canada’s government needs to be wary of putting too many demands on Alberta’s oil sands for fear of derailing the runaway success enjoyed over the past decade, one of the sector’s most senior executives says. Given relatively uncertain times for Alberta’s energy companies — with a provincial royalty review and new emissions legislation on the […]

GCC plans pipelines to offset Tehran oil threat

Gulf governments are planning oil pipelines that will bypass the world’s most vulnerable energy choke point, the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to avoid possible Iranian threats to global oil shipments, according to Dow Jones Newswires. If built, two pipelines could ferry as much as 6.5mn barrels of oil a day around the strait, an amount […]

Safe Climate Act Best Chance to Avert Dangerous Climate Change, Scientists Say

More than 120 House members today will reintroduce the Safe Climate Act, which offers the best opportunity to protect future generations from the worst effects of global warming, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The bipartisan bill, spearheaded by Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), calls for an 80 percent reduction of global warming pollution from […]

Increasing use of biodiesel could fuel canola explosion

Canola is among the best of all crops for making biodiesel fuel. And if biodiesel use increases as expected, there could be enormous demand and significant price increases for canola. “There is a huge buzz in the bioenergy area. I think even in California there is a possibility we could produce biofuel crops,” said Steve […]

US and China Seek Uniformity in Energy Efficiency

EPA and the China Standard Certification Center (CSC) have agreed to work toward harmonizing information on their respective energy-efficiency labels for consumer electronics and office equipment. Labeling helps decrease energy consumption, improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. newsblaze

Science turns sun, surf into green energy

Leigh Sheppard, of the University of NSW, estimated that 1.6 million of the solar devices, installed on rooftops, would be able to produce enough hydrogen gas to supply Australia’s entire energy needs. While other energy options under discussion, such as nuclear power, produce harmful wastes, the only by-products of this solar hydrogen technology would be […]

First greenhouse gas animations produced using Envisat SCIAMACHY data

Based on three years of observations from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA esa

ConocoPhillips Tries to Buy Into ‘Big Oil U’ in Greenwash Campaign

“Big Oil, an industry that has made billions at the expense of the environment, is trying to clean up its deservedly dirty image by associating with well-known universities,” said John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with FTCR. “Independent academic activities are too important to let them be sold to Big Oil companies that want to greenwash […]

Bush seeks to scrap current ethanol standard

The Bush administration has proposed scrapping the current U.S. renewable fuels standard that requires ethanol use to reach 6.8 billion gallons a year in 2010 in favor of a wider alternative fuels requirement that aims to cut America’s foreign oil dependence. Under the legislative proposal sent to Congress on Monday, the new standard would require […]

NYMEX to offer clean energy futures

The New York Mercantile Exchange will soon offer alternative energy index futures and options contracts on its Globex electronic trading platform, the energy and commodities bourse said Tuesday. cnn

Incentives still needed for oil sands, retiring Syncrude president says

Tax breaks and technology are needed to foster continued development of Alberta’s bitumen reserves, the president of Canada’s largest oil sands operations said Tuesday on the eve of his retirement. About a quarter of Syncrude’s $8-billion investment in its recent Aurora mine and upgrader expansion went towards installing technologies to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. Emissions […]

Air Products Begin Construction of Integrated Hydrogen Energy Station

Air Products, a leader in hydrogen fueling station technology and the world greencarcongress

More Efficient Wind Turbine Blade Designed

A new wind turbine blade design that researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developed in partnership with Knight & Carver (K&C) of San Diego promises to be more efficient than current designs. It should significantly reduce the cost-of-energy (COE) of wind turbines at low-wind-speed sites. Science Daily

As water grows scarce, nuclear power can help

Because nuclear power produces large amounts of energy without emitting global-warming gases, it is drawing increasing attention. But it also can play a key role in dealing with another environmental problem that we can’t afford to ignore: water shortages. Few things are more important than fresh water. And until a few years ago, few things […]

Beyond Petroleum: UC Berkeley Sells Out to Energy Giant

With royal fanfare, British Petroleum just donated big money in research funds for UC Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and the University of Illinois to develop new sources of energy CEO/Chairman Robert A. Malone proclaimed BP was

Global warming knocking at your door

THE MOMENTUM in the economy has begun a small, still barely discernible shift toward the local and away from the global. You can see it in ways large and small: President Bush, touring Latin America, talks less about new free trade agreements, suddenly not as popular either with our neighbors or with the new Democratic […]

The Oil Drum Canada: Entropy and Empire

In his recent book The Upside of Down, a review of which can be found here, Thomas Homer-Dixon interpreted the development of the Roman Empire in terms of thermodynamics. The success of the empire depended on its ability to extract energy surpluses, in the form of food, from the imperial territories and concentrate them at […]

Workers hint at concessions to aid an ailing Pemex

Petroleos Mexicanos, the world“We need to define now what kind of Petroleos Mexicanos we want and act accordingly,” Romero said in a speech Sunday to mark the anniversary of state-owned Pemex

Official defends editing climate papers

WASHINGTON – A former White House official accused of improperly editing reports on global warming defended his editing changes Monday, saying they reflected views in a 2001 report by the National Academy of Sciences. House Democrats said the 181 changes made in three climate reports reflected a consistent attempt to emphasize the uncertainties surrounding the […]

Disappointments From PetroChina May Just Be Beginning

HONG KONG – PetroChina retained its title as AsiaRevenue for the 12 months that ended December 2006 soared 24.8% to 689 billion yuan ($88.3 billion) from 552.2 billion yuan ($70.8 billion) in 2005. This was primarily due to increases in the prices and sales volume of crude oil, natural gas and certain refined products. However, […]

The Mexican Peak Oil Crisis: Lowest rate of oil output in seven years

Sean Brodrick at Money and Markets writes that it appears Peak Oil has affected Mexico, as, This was, as I interpret the pained and angry look on his face, the wrong answer, probably because it is only 9:30 in the morning. He pointedly ignores me and explains, instead,

The Effects of Rising Fuel Costs on U.S. Trade

Almost 70% of the world The majority of nations choose to conduct their international trade in U.S. dollars because of the dollar

DOE solicits more oil for U.S. reserves

WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) — The U.S. Department of Energy announced its aim to buy up to 4 million barrels of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The two sites that may receive either some or all of the additional reserves are the West Hackberry, La., site, and the Bryan Mound, Texas, site. Energy […]

Gulf governments plan oil pipelines

Gulf governments are planning oil pipelines that would bypass the world’s most vulnerable energy choke point, the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to avoid possible Iranian threats to global oil shipments. If built, two pipelines could ferry as much as 6.5 million barrels of oil a day around the strait, an amount equal to nearly 40 […]

Demand for oil crops forecast to increase

THE predicted demand from the biofuel market for oil and starch crops from 2010 was likened to “a steamroller about to hit us”, a farmers’ meeting was told. Speaking in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, James Woolway, managing director of Opico, said that 17 million tonnes of oilseed rape – equivalent to a third of world production […]

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